India, Nov. 1 -- Rohit Aarrya, 50, who was shot dead by Mumbai police on Thursday for holding 17 students hostage at R A Studio, in Powai, to draw the state government's attention to his claim of pending dues, first came into the limelight with Project Let's Change, in Gujarat in 2013. He subsequently participated in the state's Swachchta Abhiyan in 2014, and brought the concept to Maharashtra's school education department in 2022-23, rebranding it as Swachata Monitor. The concept - to use schoolchildren to create awareness about cleanliness, especially by sensitising adults -- was adopted by the previous Eknath Shinde-led government's Mukhyamantri Majhi Shala, Sundar Shala campaign.

Following Thursday's trail of events, people in the kn...